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mantoadmire Original post #1
Aug 2, 2007 at 10:45 PM



Firefox is famous for its addons, but here are some of the tricks that can be performed without any addons.These tricks might not be of any use, but these are good just for the fun sake.
Here are these tricks. Just paste these into the address bar and press enter .
Enjoy !!!

* chrome://browser/content/browser.xul :: Opens another Firefox inside a tab in the the
existing Firefox window.

* chrome://browser/content/preferences/preferences.xul :: Opens the Options dialog box
inside the Firefox tab.

* chrome://browser/content/bookmarks/bookmarksPanel.xul :: Opens the “Book Marks
Manager” inside a tab in the Firefox window.

* chrome://browser/content/history/history-panel.xul :: Opens the History Panel in the
Firefox tab.

* chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul?type=extensions :: Opens the
Extensions window in the current tab.

* chrome://browser/content/preferences/cookies.xul :: Opens the “cookies window” inside
a tab in the Firefox window.

* chrome://browser/content/preferences/sanitize.xul :: Opens the “Clear Private Data”
window inside the current tab.

* chrome://browser/content/aboutDialog.xul :: Opens the “About Firefox” Dialog box
inside the tab.

* chrome://browser/content/credits.xhtml :: A scrolling list of names. The one’s who we
must thank for creating Firefox

And My favorite
* chrome://global/content/alerts/alert.xul :: Dancing Firefox.
gauravakaasid
Aug 3, 2007 at 12:35 AM
^^what does the .xul extension signify?
slugger
slugger #3
Aug 3, 2007 at 1:02 AM
XUL (XML User-interface Language)

nice info d00d, didn't know abt them
but actually except for the last 2 urls, the others didn't appear 2 make much sense, in terms of practical app, instead of typin such long urls y dont v just go 2 d actual location and perform the task and waht use is it to open a tab insid another tab.

Not criticising you buddy, keep coming up with such stuff
xbonez
xbonez #5
Aug 3, 2007 at 8:37 AM
sounds cool but i migrated from firefox to opera a little while back
planetcall
Aug 3, 2007 at 9:00 AM
I am also trying to migrate as Firefox is a big memory whore and Opera is light. Only thing that has stopped me so far is that the level of customization provided by Firefox and its extensions are not there in Opera. Only if Opera supports roboform....I would jump start with it.
kumarmohit
Aug 3, 2007 at 10:46 AM
Muhahaha, I will wreak havoc with this in my parent's computer!
[A]bu
[A]bu #9
Aug 3, 2007 at 11:12 PM
i found it previously in a ebook but thats good